Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

And there are still a group of Qin ministers who believe that with the current momentum of Zhao Jun, continuing to stick to Chengdu City is a dead end, and Cai Ze should immediately lead the soldiers and civilians in the city to evacuate Chengdu City.

Some other ministers didn't speak, but their rolling eyes showed that the thoughts in their hearts were not as calm as they appeared on the surface.

A court meeting in which the king was absent in less than an hour seemed as long as a century to Cai Ze.

But Cai Ze did not give in.

In fact, it is not an easy task to subdue a person who controls the tiger talisman and the entire Qin army.

As soon as Cai Ze gave an order, the knives rushed in, beheading the heads of several Qin ministers who accused Cai Ze the loudest on the spot.

One must know that Cai Zecai had been the censor of Qin State for several years before he became Xiangbang, and he was in charge of the laws of the entire Qin State. It is really no psychological burden to kill someone without changing his face.

When the colleagues who were still alive just now have fallen into a pool of blood at this moment, when the heads of the colleagues are lifted high by the bloodthirsty knife and axemen, all the dissent in the hall disappeared instantly.

After three consecutive questionings with a calm face, Cai Ze finally confirmed that no one would raise any objections.

So Cai Ze did not stop doing anything, and simply imprisoned all the ministers of the Qin State who opposed him, leaving only those ministers who were neutral or originally belonged to Cai Ze's faction.

Later that day, the Qin army in the city began to mobilize, hunting down those who spread rumors in Chengdu.

Another few hundred heads fell to the ground, and the panic in Chengdu began to be initially contained.

But as the [-] defeated Qin troops rushed into the city three days later, this panic reached its climax again.

Seven days later, Zhao's army finally arrived.

Li Mu led the army of the Zhao Kingdom under his command, steadily swept all the towns and villages they passed, and then advanced step by step to the outside of Chengdu.

By this time, everyone knew very clearly that the Great Qin Empire, which once shook the world, seemed to be about to usher in its final battle.

Survival or death, it all depends on this Chengdu offensive and defensive battle.

Chapter 991 Dingba County (first update)

Jiangzhou.

Zhao Kuo stood under the city, staring at the top of the city in front of him.

A hanging basket was slowly lowered from the city wall, which made Zhao Kuo slightly relieved.

Soon, Zhao Jun's envoy in the hanging basket returned to Zhao Kuo.

This envoy was sent by Zhao Kuo to the city to persuade him to surrender.

In the battle at the exit of Micang Road, under the leadership of Zhao Kuo, [-] Zhao soldiers defeated the Qin State defenders who were caught off guard, and then pursued all the way to the city of Jiangzhou.

It has to be said that the prefect Li Bing still has some skills in governing the army and winning people's hearts. Even in such a defeat, he still withdrew into Jiangzhou with nearly 1 troops.

This made Zhao Kuo, who had chased Jiangzhou, encounter a problem.

From Zhao Kuo's own heart, he definitely wants to win Jiangzhou.

Once Jiangzhou is captured, the entire Berkshire will be in the hands of Zhao Jun, and more importantly, Zhao Kuo can use this to take the credit for taking Berkshire.

The problem is that after repeated fierce battles, Zhao Kuo now has less than 500 soldiers left in his hands, and many of them are still injured.

With such a number, if there is a head-to-head confrontation in the wild, Zhao Kuo feels that there are 2 people on the opposite side and he can fight by himself, but it will not work if he is attacking the city.

After all, Zhao Kuo has no logistics, which means that Zhao Kuo cannot have a large number of thunderbolts as a supply like the main force led by Li Mu. Spent in battle.

So even if Zhao Kuo was able to besiege the Qin city with tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians with more than 3000 troops, he still had no way to take the strong city in front of him.

So Zhao Kuo sent someone to persuade him to surrender.

When he saw the emissary who persuaded him to capitulate appeared in front of him, the fire of hope in Zhao Kuo's heart inevitably burned.

People didn't die, that seemed like a lot of fun.

Zhao Kuo couldn't wait to ask: "What's the situation, did Li Bing agree?"

The envoy sighed, shook his head and said, "General, Li Bing didn't agree. Moreover, Li Bing also said that the general killed his second son outside Mi Cang Road, and he and the general are at odds."

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the young general who died by his sword in that battle: "So that kid is Li Bing's son. No wonder if that is the case, then how did you come back alive?"

Logically speaking, they are already irreconcilable, so Li Bing should be able to kill an envoy to suppress the shock.

The envoy looked around and said in a low voice, "General, I have something to report."

Zhao Kuo understood and took the messenger back to his tent.

"Go ahead."

The emissary said: "General, then Li Bing really wants to kill me, but the general must not forget that this is Berkshire, not Li Bing's Shu County."

Zhao Kuo rolled his eyes and suddenly realized something: "So what do you mean?"

The messenger laughed lightly and said, "Exactly. The one who saved someone's life was Chen Ying, the prefect of Ba County of Qin State in Jiangzhou City."

As he spoke, the envoy took out another letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhao Kuo: "Please look, general, this is the secret letter that Chen Ying, the prefect of Naba County, asked someone to bring to the general."

Zhao Kuo snatched the secret letter and hurriedly opened it to read it. After a while, he was overjoyed: "God helped me!"

Jiangzhou City, the residence of the prefect of Berkshire.

Chen Ying, the prefect of Ba County in the State of Qin, was an old man who was nearly fifty years old. His temples had begun to turn gray, his back was slightly bent, but his triangular eyes were still piercing.

Chen Ying was in the main seat, and on top of the guest seats were several old men of different ages. These people were basically the patriarchs of the relatively powerful families in Berkshire and Jiangzhou City. Many of their families The children are all officials in Berkshire and have a decisive influence on the entire county.

I saw Chen Ying said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the current situation is very obvious. Li Bing has been defeated again and again, and Zhao Kuo is unstoppable. It is time for us to think about ourselves and our family and find a new way."

Although Chen Ying didn't say what he meant directly, everyone present understood what Chen Ying's words were alluding to.

In fact, Chen Ying himself is the head of the Chen family of the Berkshire clan, and he and these people present are old acquaintances, and everyone knows the basics, so they are quite straightforward when speaking.

An old man coughed and said, "Zhao Kuo's troops are only about [-] people, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jiangzhou City. The county guard is eager to express his position now. Is it too early?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Brother Huang doesn't know something. According to the news I heard from Li Bing today, Li Mu, the governor of the Zhao Kingdom, has broken through the Jinniu Road and swept across Shu County to encircle Chengdu."

"What?" As soon as Chen Ying finished speaking, all the elders present showed expressions of shock.

Due to the war, since Zhao Kuo entered Berkshire, the connection between Berkshire and Shu County has actually been severed for many days.

Chen Ying looked around at the people present, and said in a deep voice: "Don't you understand? Now is not the time to bargain with Zhao Guo by surrendering. Once Zhao Jun breaks through Chengdu or Zhao Kuo gets reinforcements, then come At that time, our surrender will be of no value at all, don't forget that Zhao Jun has such a powerful weapon as Zhentianlei, Jiangzhou City will be destroyed sooner or later."

A moment of silence.

After a while, an old man said slowly: "But now the military power in Jiangzhou is in the hands of Li Bing, even if we want to dedicate the city, how can we do it?"